Toshiba Satellite A305-S68

Customer Reviews:

Exceptional Laptop...Fast Delivery.... Great Price [Posted on 2008-05-01]
My old laptop was about 4 years old and had reached its maximum of 1 GB RAM. I was deciding whether or not to hold onto XP for a few more years until Vista became more reliable. After researching laptops, I started to get familiar with the Toshiba models and specs, and this one is definitely at the top.

Anyway, you first cannot find a better price for this laptop. No shipping, no tax, unlike a retail store's web-site. My laptop was supposed to be shipped on May 2nd, and I received it today- well-packaged too. Amazon outdid themselves this time. So far, this laptop is extremely fast. It is my first computer with Vista, and I am pleasantly surprised. I guess with the 3 GB RAM, T8100 processor, and 512 dedicated graphics memory, Vista would have no troubles. It includes Media Center, which is my new favorite program. It has the cool 1.3 megapixel webcam, fingerprint reader and face recognition security, and nice touch-sensitive media controls at the base of the display that light up when the laptop is powered on. You can charge your mp3 player through the USB port when the laptop is powered off. I am typing on my new laptop at the moment using the battery, and it is at 60% with 2 hours 11 minutes of power left. Very quiet, Harmon/Kardon speakers, nice bright screen, 400 GB HDD. You can see the features above, but they are all great to have. The only thing that bugs me JUST A LITTLE are the fingerprints. This laptop has an extremely glossy casing and keys, so fingerprints will definitely show. Other than that, it's a great laptop for under $1200.

If you're looking for laptops or considering this one, I personally prefer Intel Core 2 Duo over AMD Turion 64 x2, and dedicated graphics over integrated. T5550 might be the standard now, but to get over the 2 GHz mark, you need a T7250 at least.

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